Tag: Ask the Expert

Q: We have a salesperson who drives a company vehicle for work. He was given a DUI, but hasn’t been convicted yet. He’s also been issued a temporary driver’s license to drive and has to drive as part of his employment. What are our options for terminating his employment prior to conviction? Or, must we wait until his license…

Q: Do we have to continue to pay active service members while they are completing their duty time? A: No you do not have to pay them, but you must allow them the time off required to complete annual training/ deployments etc. Furthermore, your service man/ woman should be giving you as much advanced notice as…

Q: We have a new employee who will live and work out of Texas for the time being. We don’t have any other company representatives in that state to verify his I-9 documents. How do we handle this? A: When completing a Form I-9, you or your authorized representative must physically examine each document that…

Q: We have an employee on his third year of FMLA and he takes intermittent leave for treatments and doctors appointments.  We are having to pay his department staff overtime to compensate for his hours not worked.  How can we address this, if at all? A: The Transfer Option – Companies can temporarily transfer an employee on…

Q: Can we deduct the cost of a professional license from our employees’ paychecks if they can take the license with them if they resign? A: It depends on your state. In Arizona, for example, employers may only make a deduction from an employee’s pay if it is required by state or federal law or court ordered.…

Q: An employee had a work comp claim and we sent her to a health clinic, however, she never checked in there. She claimed to go to an ER instead but never submitted proof of this. Awhile later, she stopped showing up for work. We’ve tried to contact her multiple times. Is she terminating her…